Recaps

Rota and Wind Sickle prepared the Pillars for the Upper Ranks, while Wind Sickle saved Kanae from Douma and Tanjiro joined the Corps. After years of training and new bonds, Tanjiro and Rengoku set out on the Infinity Train, where demons attacked the passengers.

• Pei Lang fought Rengoku Kyojuro, who defeated him with Flame Breathing’s Ninth Form and became the Flame Pillar.
• Rota and Wind Sickle tested the Pillars and began training them to develop the skills needed to face the Upper Ranks.
• Wind Sickle saved Kanae Kocho from Douma, then agreed to watch over her and train her.
• Tanjiro Kamado survived Final Selection, joined the Corps, and later reunited with Nezuko and Giyu Tomioka.
• Tanjiro and Kanao Tsuyuri grew close, while Rota told Tanjiro that he was destined to kill Muzan and began preparing him for the final battle.
• After training with Rengoku Kyojuro, Tanjiro joined him on a mission aboard the Infinity Train.
• Demons attacked the train, and Rengoku killed several while sending Tanjiro to find the conductor and stop it.

Rota helped the Demon Slayer Corps defeat Muzan and the Upper Ranks, then traveled to Overlord and began protecting humanity as Sikong Zhen. After saving Winnie from the werewolf who destroyed her village, he named the settlement Chang'an and urged its people to build a future together.

• Rengoku Kyojuro and Tanjiro defeated Enmu aboard the Infinity Train and protected all two hundred passengers, but Upper Rank Three attacked, forcing Rengoku to fight him alone.
• Rengoku gravely wounded Dark Annihilation, who escaped at sunrise, and the Corps prepared a full-scale offensive against Muzan and the demons.
• Muzan attacked Kagaya Ubuyashiki’s headquarters, but Rota held him in place while Tanjiro repeatedly severed his neck until dawn, and Rota defeated Kokushibo after the demon accepted the Curse of Annihilation.
• Gyomei killed Gyutaro and Daki, Kanae and Shinobu killed Douma, and Sanemi and Rengoku killed Dark Annihilation as the Hashira defeated Hantengu and Gyokko and the Infinite Castle collapsed.
• Rota left the Demon Slayer World, visited Gulantalos Royal City, and then traveled to Overlord, where he chose Sikong Zhen and accepted a challenge that restricted his system abilities.
• Sikong Zhen saved Winnie and her village from Minotaurs, accepted Winnie as his disciple, and began teaching her magic after learning she was a half-elf with a strong affinity for lightning.
• Winnie told Rota that a werewolf had massacred her village, and Rota promised to avenge her and trained her while the old village chief watched for the killer.
• Rota killed the Pitch-black Nightmare when it came to the village, then named the settlement Chang'an and encouraged the villagers to protect and build it themselves.

Rota defended Chang'an City, then joined Momonga in the world after YGGDRASIL ended and helped him navigate its dangers. Momonga began adventuring as Momon, and the stretch ended with Wilmot asking him to investigate Enfilia’s murder.

• Rota crushed the Demi-human attack on Chang'an City, honored the fallen guards, and welcomed the Six Gods to help protect the city.
• Rota entered YGGDRASIL, helped Momonga and Tachimi form an alliance, and led their party through the Sage’s Proving Ground and its hostile players.
• Momonga’s guild conquered the Great Tomb of Nazarick, but when YGGDRASIL’s countdown ended, Momonga found himself in a real Nazarick with Albedo and its guardians.
• Rota returned to Chang'an City, tested Winnie’s growing magic, and confronted a Storyteller who spread a false tale about Sikong Zhen.
• Rota saved Karn Village from the Empire’s cavalry, while Momonga and Albedo encountered him and learned that Nazarick had arrived in the new world.
• Momonga and Rota reunited, and Momonga brought Sikong Zhen to Nazarick, where he demonstrated that he could overwhelm the guardians in a spar.
• Momonga adopted the name Ainz Ooal Gown for formal use and Momon as an adventurer, then traveled with Nabe and joined Darkness Blade on a quest near Karn Village.
• Momonga revealed his identity to Enfilia, spared the Forest King by making it Nabe’s opponent, and returned to E-Rantel, where Wilmot asked him to investigate Enfilia’s murder.